Men's Basketball

Jayhawks schedule men’s basketball home-and-home with Temple

Kansas University’s basketball team will play Temple in a home-and-home series starting with a game next season in Allen Fieldhouse.

The return game will be played not the following season, but in 2014-15 at Wells Fargo Center, home of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers.

“Temple is a top 25 team and this takes us back to the East Coast,” said KU schedule-maker Larry Keating, referring to fertile recruiting ground.

Coach Fran Dunphy’s Atlantic 10 champs return two starters off a 24-8 team that fell to South Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. KU is looking for one additional marquee home game. A proposed series with Indiana has not materialized.

“We’re talking to a couple of different people,” said Keating.

KU next season will travel to Ohio State and meet Michigan State on Nov. 13 in the Champions Classic in Atlanta. KU will play in the CBE Classic on Nov. 19-20 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., with Washington State, St. Louis and Texas A&M.; No match-ups have yet been set.

The Jayhawks also plan to take a foreign exhibition tour in August. The destination will be somewhere in Europe. KU will release details once tour stops are finalized.

In 2013-14, KU will play in the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in Bahamas. No tourney has yet been chosen for 2014-15. KU will play in the Maui Invitational in 2015-16.

Harris visits today: Damontre Harris, a 6-9, 225-pound sophomore who has announced plans to transfer from South Carolina to either KU or Florida, today completes his visit to Gainesville and begins a three-day trip to Lawrence.

Harris averaged 6.8 points off 55 percent shooting and 80.4 percent free throwing and a team-best 5.5 rebounds last season. He was named to the SEC’s all-defensive team after blocking 71 shots in 31 games.

“Damontre wants to get a feel for each school and learn about each program before he makes a decision.” Harris’ mom, Sheronda, told jayhawkslant.com.

Harris was ranked No. 64 overall by Rivals.com as a senior at Trinity Christian High in Fayetteville, N.C.

Jordan offered: Rysheed Jordan, a 6-4 senior-to-be from Vaux Roberts High in Philadelphia, says KU has offered him a scholarship. The No. 12 player in the Class of 2013 is also considering Maryland, Villanova, Temple and others.

This just in - Bob Bowlsby named Commissioner of Big 12 Conference. Stanford's Director of Athletics to leave position after six years. Bob Bowlsby who has served as Stanford's Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics since April 2006 will leave the university next month to assume a new post as commissioner of the Big 12 Conference.

From acting President John Etchemendy,

"Bob has been an extraordinary advocate for our student athletes and has enhanced Stanford's programs both athletically and academically. Bob has a deep knowledge about collegiate athletics and a commitment to integrity in all that he does. He had laid a tremendous foundation from which Stanford can continue to build. We're sorry to see him go, but his is a tremendous opportunity for him, and we wish him and the Big 12 all the best."

Bowlsby worked closely with pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in shaping the conferences' groundbreaking multimedia rights agreement that will extend through 2023.

Bowlsby also has presided over the resurgence of Stanford's football program After seven consecutive losing seasons from 2002 to 2008, the Cardinal has made bowl trips in each of the last three season.

Funny thing is yesterday I think Harris was 215 lbs and today he is 225, must have had a big dinner.
I hope they land another big name home and home game. Syracuse, Florida, Louisville, Duke or maybe Arizona. I think some of our big name losses last year helped us in the long run.

Johnny Dawkins has his work cut out at Stanford. His recruits must handle somewhat more rigorous academics, play in a mediocre league in Pacific time zone, and play second fiddle to the women's team. But he seems like a class guy. I believe Stanford was in the running for Landon Lucas.

I know it's the way the recruiting game is played, but it appears we've offered at least a dozen schollies to the class of 2013.

Just for fun, wouldn't it be great if they all said yes!!

Maybe there should be two degrees of "offer'.....the first degree is the "offer" which means we really like you and want you to keep us on your list and the second degree is the "offer offer" which means is we want you now!!

For the guys you know you want, you just skip the "offer" and, instead offer the "offer offer," but you keep that private not to upset or offend the other offers who are only in the "offer" category.

Sounds like the old honeymoon night story. She offered the groom her honor and he honored her offer. And all night long it was, honor and offer, and honor and offer. Please read final "punchline" aloud.

I like the way KU handles it, if they want a kid, he's willing to accept, doesn't matter if there was a better player that year that might have picked KU, Self takes the guys that know they want to be Jayhawks. If we miss out on a few big name recruits so be it, I'd rather root for guys like Brennan Greene that don't care if they get all the hype and limelight in the recruiting process than a Tony Parker or Deandre Daniels that is looking for who knows what before making a decision. Sure it's going to turn off guys that like that KU has already signed quality players at their position, but the good news is we already have quality players at their position with generally less attitude.

So this article says the Jayhawks will take their foreign tour somewhere in Europe. I thought it was already decided that we're going to Italy.

Anyway, had a question about that. A guy I work with knows nothing about college basketball and keeps saying how mad he'd be if he was a KU student and how it's f'd up that student's tuition dollars are going to pay for this basketball trip. First of all, I tried to explain how little money that is per student when you break it down over our entire student population over 4 years. Besides that, I tried to also explain how obsessed all of us are with KU basketball, and that I'm sure most fans wouldn't mind.

My main question is this, where does the funding for this trip come from? Is it from fees that students pay, donations from alumni, or maybe the money that the team brings in for the school every year (ticket sales, KU merchandise, advertising etc)?

I don't know how the funds are spread around, but the Wall Street Journal did a study (timewise I believe it was around NCAA tourney time) in which they compared which programs brought in the most money for the colleges. In basketball, Louisville was # 1 (about $201 million) and KU was # 2 (about $146 million). Perhaps you should ask your friend how many students can say they have contributed any money (other than tuition). BTW Kenstinky was ranked about 16th, or so. And in football, Texas brings in over $800 million. Although the study was a while back, those figures are still available on the SI.com website. Go to their "truths and rumors" area, and under "Most valuable programs" go to the #20 contact and the figures are all there.

Thanks for the info guys! Like I said, this guy doesn't know anything about college basketball and doesn't get all the hype. I told him if he went to a school with a big time basketball program he'd understand! Or if he just went to Allen Field House for one game he'd know!

? A decimal point, in what way? Are you saying the amounts listed on the site are incorrect, and that KU should be $14.6 million? I went back to the SI site and reviewed the figures, and while I did accidentally mis-represent Louisville (they're actually listed at $211 million), according to the dollar amounts listed, KU is at $146 million. Not trying to argue, just wondering where the error is - mine or their's.

The analysis in the Wall Street Journal is basically a WAG as it makes unrealistic assumptions about the programs that do not apply to non-professional teams, i.e. college teams. The results are pretty telling...do you really think that Kentucky (as much as we hate it) is the 16th most valuable team, with programs, such as Kansas State, (that is right, KSU was ranked 14th), Minnesota, Virginia, UNLV being more valuable?

Thanks for the clairification. It just would have saved a lot of head scratching and wear and tear on my brain cells, old as they are, if you'd have said you were using another source, and not the Wall Street article to which I referenced. As for the bridge? Rumor is Wallstreet has already bought and sold it to oblivion. :>)

~Is it true that Mark Lyons plans to complete a Master's Degree in Sports Administration next season and already has a thesis half written titled "The Effects of Early Graduation on Sticking It to Jerk Coaches that Try to Stick It to Players"?

~Is the rumor true that some Kentucky players have to take a pay cut to go to the NBA?

~Is the rumor true that Kentucky might now hold more illegal titles than most schools have legal titles?

~Is the rumor true that Bill Self plans to create a new position called Point Post for jeff Withey in which Jeff throws the ball in bounds, hops in bounds and catches his own pass, then dribbles it up the floor, then takes the opposing point guard to iron and shoots 75% from the field next season?